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John Van Bruggen is a writer for PAW Patrol. He has also written episodes for other shows such as Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends and Franklin.

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John van Bruggen, a Canadian animation writer and director, is the husband and creative partner of Arna Selznick, the director of 1985's The Care Bears Movie. He and Selznick were layout supervisors on its 1986 sequel. They are partners in the creative services company, dancingmonkeys.

In 2004, John created the jazz-inspired show YTV's Coolman! along with Selznick. He also recently penned the script for the 2006 feature Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure.

He was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2000 for his story Franklin and the Two Henrys, also from the Franklin series. He received a second nomination in 2004 for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series, for "Jacob Two-Two and the Purloined Hockey Card".

The "van" in his name is sometimes listed with a capital V in his animated credits.

Some of Van Bruggen's other credits include:

  • Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (contributing writer)
  • Gerald McBoing-Boing (contributing writer)
  • Franklin (John was director for season 1 and 2 of the animated television series, writer on Back to School with Franklin, and director on Franklin and the Green Knight and Franklin's Magic Christmas) He also wrote a story, "It's Father's Day, Franklin!," for the CGI followup, Franklin and Friends.
  • Little Bear (co-director, post production)
  • Marvin The Tap-Dancing Horse (co-director)
  • Dog City (director, season 1 and 2 of the television series)
  • Beetlejuice (the animated series) (A. D., the premiere season, under director Robin Budd. John was also one of the three television series directors for Beetlejuice syndication)
  • Noonbory and the Super 7 (contributing writer)

List of Written Episodes

Season 1

Title Cards to his Name

Episode writers
Al Schwartz | Alex Ganetakos | Allen Markuze | Amanda McNeice | Amir Agoora | Amy Keating Rogers | Andrew Guerdat | Angela M. Sánchez | Blake Pickens | Bradley Zweig | Bryan Roy | Carolyn Hay | Charise Sowells | Charity L. Miller | Charles Johnston | Charlotte Fullerton | Christopher J. Gentile | Clark Stubbs | Crystal Villarreal | Dan Danko | Darnell Lamont Walker | David Rosenberg | Debra Felstead | Denise Downer | Diana Aydin | Drew Champion | Elizabeth Keyishian | Eva Konstantopoulos | Evan Sinclair | Franklin Young | Gillian Pike | Hugh Duffy | Jacob Moffat | James Backshall | Jason McKenzie | Jeff Sager | Jeff Sweeney | Jeffrey Duteil | Jen Bardekoff | Jim Nolan | Joey Clift | John Van Bruggen | Jordan Gershowitz | JP Meier | Kacey Arnold | Katiedid Langrock | Kellie R. Griffin | Kim Duran | Liam Farrell | Lindz Amer | Louise Moon | Mario López-Cordero | Mark Purdy | Max Beaudry | Michael Stokes | Michaela Foster | Miden Wood | Morgan von Ancken | Nabeel Arshad | Nahreen Tarzi | Patrick Rieger | Peri Segel | Peter Hunziker | Phillip Bastien | Rachel Graham | Renae J. Ruddock | Robin J. Stein | Ross McKie | Scott Albert | Scott Gray | Scott Kraft | Sean Jara | Senibo Myers | Sheila Dinsmore | Simon Nicholson | Steven Sullivan | Ta'riq Fisher | Teresa Lee | Tom Berger | Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan
Directors
Charles E. Bastien | Dianna Basso | Jamie Leclaire | Jamie Whitney | Joey So | Paul Brown
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